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Who has missed school because of snow?

Ibiku

Ibiku

Because only the random will survive...
I've already missed two days and am going into my third. The snow post poned a big test in math and is sucking away the holidays off we have left. I was hoping to go to a friends house, but the road is COVERED in ice. Needless to say we were both dissapointed. Automobile transportaion is nonexistant, not even the mail is coming anymore! Power surges are going on randomly and one lasted for about five hours.
Gah, this is frustrating.

So what have you guys been missing? What's happening in you're frosty scenarios?
 
Uh well today I melted and uh...

*grumbles about Australian heat*
 
I have never not had to go to school because of snow. Curse the fact we hardly get snow...I can't remember the last time it snowed.
 
I believe EeveeSkitty lives in New Zealand, which is quite similar to Australia iirc.

It's Scotland. It doesn't snow.
 
Being in Scotland I have only ever once had to stay off because of the snow. One day in all the years of going to school, it was some time in high school. Either first or second year, not sure. It was announced over radio, nobody called us, so I ended up going because I don't listen to the radio. It was funny because when I got there and found school was shut it was a pleasant suprise.

We do get snow, but in the Southern regions very few days of light snowfall (you could count them on one hand) and rarely does it ever lie for more than 24 hours. So it's not suprising that there aren't many school closures. In the North I think it's a different story though.
 
Is it true that Australia is home to numerouse venem-having animles? I've always wondered what it would be like to live there...
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Yeah, like Tiger Snakes, (male) Platypuses and Scorpions. There are these common household spiders called redbacks that are deadly poisonous and you can get them pretty much everywhere (I think there's one in our carport right now). You can't find many dangerous animals unless you go bushwalking or something, though.

I believe EeveeSkitty lives in New Zealand, which is quite similar to Australia iirc.
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Sort of. It snows in New Zealand and it's a lot colder. Also everything in New Zealand is green, whereas everything in Australia is between brown and khaki. Also we have roos, they have deer, Australia is bigger and New Zealanders have even weirder accents than we do.

It never snows in Australia unless you're on top of Mt. Kosciusko (the highest point in Australia) and you're either lucky or someone turned on the snow machines so people can go skiing.
 
Never missed school because of snow.
We had to go in on the day there was an actual blizzard (only half the kids bothered, teachers failed to make it in that day, and we had two lessons before we went home again), even though just about every other school nearby was shut.
 
I've never had a snow day ):

Then again, I live right by the sea, so the warmer temperatures and the salt in the air means it very rarely settles.
 
I've had a day off once when the heating broke, but that's all. Snow days don't exist in the Netherlands.
 
We had a day off earlier this year for the winds that came through after Hurricane Ike, and then more recently a day off because it was really really cold.
Then I have today off and I had yesterday off because we were under a Level Two Snow Emergency.
So, yes. I've missed school due to snow. Twice this year.
 
I have a wet climate.

The first snow this year was about six inches deep, at least, and we missed two days of school because of it, causing us to get two extra days of break, but two non-student days were removed.

This is the third time it snowed, and it's hardly a millimeter deep. D:
 
My school was running on a delayed schedule yesterday, and was closed the day before.

Of course, this was more "slick, car-crash-inducing ice on all of the back roads" than "snow," but still.
 
ultraviolet said:
Sort of. It snows in New Zealand and it's a lot colder. Also everything in New Zealand is green, whereas everything in Australia is between brown and khaki. Also we have roos, they have deer, Australia is bigger and New Zealanders have even weirder accents than we do.

It never snows in Australia unless you're on top of Mt. Kosciusko (the highest point in Australia) and you're either lucky or someone turned on the snow machines so people can go skiing.
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Which is why I said 'quite'. xD
 
Wow, I never realized so many people didn't get any snow this time of year...
I need to get out of this house and away from my over protective parents. Broaden my horizens, go new places, learn as much as I can... Yeah, that sounds nice.
 
I fucking wish. There has been snow but its stupidly cold and thats way more important. Last week pretty much all the schools were off except for ours.... ¬¬
 
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